Historical archive

Historical archive

Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

In the Historical archive you will find information from previous governments such as press releases, news and speeches from previous government periods. You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.

Content that has been moved to the archive will not be updated and the information is therefore exclusively of an historical nature.

  • Technology and Climate Change

    16/12/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

    Statement by Mr Knut Arild Hareide, Minister of the Environment, Norway, Panel Discussion, COP10, Buenos Aires, 16.12.04 Technology and Climate Change Dear friends, Last week the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Dr. Wangari Maathai of Kenya. This

  • The Climate Convention after 10 years: Accomplisments and future challenges

    16/12/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

    Statement by Mr. Knut Arild Hareide, Minister of the Environment, Norway, COP10, Buenos Aires, 16.12.04 The Climate Convention after 10 years: Accomplishments and future challenges Thank you Mr. Chairman, Dear Friends, Let me start by saying that

  • Environment - basis for peace and strategy for development

    08/12/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

    Opening address by Mr Knut Arild Hareide, Minister of Environment. "Environment and Security - Perspectives on the role of environment in conflict and peace-building". Seminar arranged by the Ministry of Environment, Oslo, 8. December 2004

  • Workshop on geological storage of CO2

    01/11/2004 News story Ministry of the Environment

    An OSPAR-workshop on the environmental impact of placement of carbon dioxide (CO2) in geological structures in the maritime area took place in Trondheim 26-27 October. (01.11.04)

  • Carbon capture and storage to reduce greenhouse gases

    26/10/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

  • Minister Knut Arild Hareid congratulates Wangari Maathai with the Nobel Peace Price Award

    08/10/2004 Press release Ministry of the Environment

    Minister of the Envrionment, Knut Arild Hareide conveys his warmest congratulations to Wangari Maathai on her being awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Her holistic approach to sustainable development and environment has proven to be

  • Governance for Urban Change

    05/09/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

  • Knut Arild Hareide new Norwegian Minister of the Environment

    18/06/2004 Press release Ministry of the Environment

    Knut Arild Hareide has today been appointed Minister of Environment in Norway. He follows Børge Brende, who has become Minister of Trade and Industry. Hareide has been deputy leader of the Christian Democratic Party since May 2003. (18.06.04)

  • The Sofie Prize to the "tree woman of Kenya"

    15/06/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

    Miljøvernminister Børge Brendes tale i forbindelse med utdeling av Sofieprisen 2004 til Wangari Maathai, 15.06.04. The Sofie Prize to the "tree woman of Kenya" The environment is not ours to keep. It is only ours "on loan" from future generations.

  • Technology for a Modern Society - Managing Water and Waste

    09/06/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

    Opening Address by H.E. Børge Brende, Minister of Environment, on the occasion of the symposium on Technology for a Modern Society -Managing Water and Waste, Athens 9 June 2004. Technology for a Modern Society - Managing Water and Waste Your

  • Sustaining Development - Creating Global Commitment

    07/06/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

  • CSD Chair: -Now we must make a difference

    30/04/2004 Press release Ministry of the Environment

    Talks among over 80 government ministers have stressed the need to speed up efforts in delivering safe drinking water, basic sanitation and shelter for the poor. - For too many years we have had too little action. Now we must make a difference,

  • Reaching the targets on water and sanitation - difficult, but doable!

    30/04/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

    The water crisis is very much a governance crisis rather than a scarcity crisis. It is not water scarcity per se that defines whether a country and its citizens are short of water. Rather it is closely linked to wealth, writes Børge Brende,

  • Our Job now is to Focus on Implementation

    28/04/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

    Minister of the Environment and CSD Chair Børge Brende's opening address at the High level segment of the Commission on Sustainable Development, CSD12, New York, 28.04.04 Our Job now is to Focus on Implementation Secretary-General, dear colleagues,

  • CSD-12 Chair Brende urges Governments to embark on a decade of implementation

    28/04/2004 Press release Ministry of the Environment

    Highlighting the need to speed up efforts in delivering safe drinking water, basic sanitation and shelter for the poor, Norwegian Minister of the Environment, Børge Brende, Chair of CSD-12, calls for a decade of implementation. UN

  • A daunting challenge, but it can be done

    26/04/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

    "It is estimated that only half of the developing countries are on track towards meeting the global target of halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015. It is a daunting challenge. But it must be done and it

  • Sellafield discharge issue solved

    21/04/2004 Press release Ministry of the Environment

    British authorities today gave permission for the introduction of a new cleansing method that will reduce the discharge of Technetium 99 from the Sellafield nuclear plant by over 90 per cent. The new method will be introduced with immediate

  • Introductory Remarks by Chair

    20/04/2004 Speech/statement Ministry of the Environment

    Introductory remarks by Minister Børge Brende at the opening of the Commission on Sustainable Development, CSD12, New York 19 April 2004 Introductory Remarks by Chair See also the UN-webcast Archives Your Royal Highness, Excellencies, distinguished

  • Børge Brende calls for sustained action

    13/04/2004 News story Ministry of the Environment

    Norway's minister of the environment, Børge Brende, chair of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development since May 2003, is determined to make sure that commitments made at Johannesburg and at other meetings are not mere souvenirs. See OECD

  • Sanitation target threatens global goals

    29/03/2004 News story Ministry of the Environment

    The global target of halving the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015 is currently out of reach for many countries, said Børge Brende, Chair of the 12th Session of the UN Commission for Sustainable Development (UNCSD),

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